Since the introduction of techniques to reliably identify antibody to the hepatitis C virus and quantitation of hepatitis C virus, there has been an increasing interest in the behavior of chronic hepatitis C infection with liver transplantation. Ninety-seven patients with chronic active hepatitis C
Liver transplantation for hepatitis B-related cirrhosis: recent advances
β Scribed by Sugawara, Yasuhiko ;Makuuchi, Masatoshi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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